Surprised the team last night! Start sections this week! Go Lakers!!!!!
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Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Saturday, October 24, 2015
Ended #2 in the conference.....now sections to advance to state championship
Ella Francis rose to the top of the all-time kills list for the Prior Lake volleyball program Oct. 22, but in a loss.
The No. 1-ranked Lakers dropped a five-setter at home to No. 5 Rosemount in South Suburban Conference play (25-21, 23-25, 21-25, 25-15, 17-15), ending the regular season with a 24-4 mark.
The loss also snapped the Lakers' 17-match winning streak, but it didn't prevent them from earning the No. 1 seed in Section 2AAA. The brackets came out Oct. 23 with third-ranked Eden Prairie (22-6) getting the No. 2 seed and sixth-ranked Chaska (17-6) earned the No. 3 spot. Hutchinson (25-3) is seeded No. 4.
The top-four seeds get byes in the first round, which is Oct. 28.
The Lakers will get the winner of eighth-seeded Waconia (10-18) and ninth-seeded New Prague (11-16) in the quarterfinals at home Oct. 30 at 5 p.m.
Eden Prairie faces the winner of seventh-seeded Shakopee (17-10) and 10th-seeded Chanhassen (12-16) in the quarterfinals, while Chaska gets the winner of sixth-seeded Minnetonka (18-11) and 11th-seeded Mankato West (12-11) and Hutchinson takes on the winner of fifth-seeded fifth-seeded Marshall (22-6) and 12th-seeded Mankato East (14-12).
The semifinals are Nov. 5 at the site of the higher seed. The title match is Nov. 7 at site to be determined at 6 p.m. For complete brackets, go to www.mshsl.org.
Last year, the Lakers lost to Chaska in three sets in the title match. The Hawks went on to win the Class 3A state crown.
Meanwhile, against Rosemount, Francis needed six kills to pass Lauren Viren (2000-2003) for No. 1 on the Lakers' all-time kills list and she got those after the first set, finishing with 21.
Viren finished her career with 894 kills. Francis went into the season No. 6 with 522 career kills, adding 388 in the regular season. Viren also holds the single-season record with 422 kills, so Francis is also closing in on that mark with 35 more to go.
In the loss to Rosemount, Prior Lake also had a streak of 15 straight wins by sweep snapped. The Lakers ended up 7-2 in the SSC, tied with Rosemount and fourth-ranked Lakeville South for second behind second-ranked Eagan (9-0).
Junior Ellie Veldman had 44 set assists in the loss. She needs 33 more to break the single-season record of 791 set by Kathryn Gaydos in 2009.
Sophomore CC McGraw had 26 digs, giving her 461 season. The single-season mark is 511 set by Brittany Leuthmers in 2014.
Junior Anna Martin had 11 kills against the Irish, while sophomore Maddy Bremer had eight. Sophomore Hannah Reis led at the service line with four ace serves, chipping in 11 digs. Senior Danielle Sorensen had nine digs, while Veldman had eight.
Bremer led in blocks with five, while junior Lauren Kiewiet had four and sophomore Kayla Bair had three.
To see more photos of the Lakers' match with Rosemount, go to Scoreboard's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1109748332383849.1073742542.197190936972931&type=3.
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Another win for the lakers!!!
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Just another sweep for the top-ranked Prior Lake volleyball team.
The Lakers dominated No. 3 Lakeville South in a South Suburban Conference home match Oct. 13, winning 25-23, 25-17, 25-17 to earn its 16th straight victory.
Prior Lake (23-3 overall, 6-1 in the SSC) has won 14 of the those 16 matches by sweep, including its last 12.
The Lakers have just two matches left before they can start to focus on the Section 2AAA tournament. The Lakers are at Farmington Oct. 20 and home to No. 5 Rosemount Oct. 22. Both SSC competitions start at 7 p.m.
The Lakers trail No. 2 Eagan in the SSC standings by one game, while Rosemount is also 6-1.
Eagan beat the Lakers in four sets (25-22, 23-25, 25-18, 25-22) back on Sept. 15. Prior Lake hasn't lost since.
Prior Lake also avenged an earlier loss to Lakeville South. The Cougars beat the Lakers in title match at the Southwest Minnesota Challenge Sept. 12 in three sets (15-25, 25-23, 16-14).
In the rematch, senior Ella Francis led the way for the Lakers with 14 kills, giving her a team-best 350 on the season. She also added 10 digs.
Sophomore Kayla Bair added 10 kills and three blocks, while junior Anna Martin chipped in seven kills and sophomore Maddy Bremer had five.
Junior Ellie Veldman paced the offense with 34 setting assists, adding two blocks. Senior Danielle Sorensen had two of the Lakers' four ace serves, while adding 11 digs.
Sophomore CC McGraw led in digs with 26, while sophomore Hannah Reis added 10.
The Section 2AAA tournament starts Oct. 28 with the first round. The Lakers are lock for a bye in the first round and almost certain to be the No. 1 overall seed. Quarterfinal play starts Oct. 30.
Fourth-ranked Eden Prairie and No. 6 Chaska are also in the field and look to be the next two seeds. Prior Lake has swept both teams so far this season.
The Lakers are 5-0 against section foes, also sweeping Marshall, Shakopee and Chanhassen.
Last year, Chaska beat the Lakers by sweep in the section title match. The Lakers finished with a program-best 27 wins, a mark they can eclipse this fall by winning the Section 2AAA crown.
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